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Front cover; About the author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Time to change: men and feminism; Feminism and men for gender equality: together or apart?; Why write this book?; What this book brings to the debates; Touching a nerve: the process of writing; The structure of this book; 2 Beyond the Binaries: Feminism and Men; Clearing the way: a man's journey towards feminism; What kind of feminist are you?; Feminism: a four-letter word?; Why do I need feminism?; Including men in feminism: the devil is in the detail; Feminism, men and sexuality.

Building on past research, this study examined whether endorsement of feminism is still influenced by terminology used (i.e., feminism vs. women's movement) and participant gender. 100 undergraduates (36 men and 64 women) were randomly assigned to receive scale items that either referred to feminism/feminist or women's movement/women. In addition to endorsement of feminism using these items, activism, acceptance of traditional gender roles, and feminist identification were measured. As expected, men endorsed feminism less than women, and participants in the women's movement (vs. feminism) condition endorsed feminism more. When controlling for feminist identification, there was no gender difference in activism or acceptance of gender roles for participants in the feminism/feminist condition; however, women reported more activism and less acceptance of gender roles than men in the women's movement/women condition. This study suggests that there is still stigma surrounding feminism that influences its endorsement, especially among women.

Over recent years, young feminist activism has assumed prominence in mainstream media where news headlines herald the efforts of schoolgirls in fighting sexism, sexual violence and inequity. Less visible in the public eye, girls' activism plays out in social media where they can speak out about gender-based injustices experienced and witnessed. Yet we know relatively little about this significant social moment wherein an increasing visibility of young feminism cohabits a stubbornly persistent postfeminist culture. Acknowledging the hiatus, this paper draws on a qualitative project with teenage feminists to explore how girls are using and producing digital feminist media, what it means for them to do so and how their online practice connects with their offline feminism. Using a feminist poststructuralist approach, analyses identified three key constructions of digital media as a tool for feminist practice: online feminism as precarious and as knowledge sharing; and feminism as "doing something" on/offline. Discussing these findings, I argue that there is marked continuity between girls' practices in "safe" digital spaces and feminisms practised in other historical and geographical locations. But crucially, and perhaps distinctly, digital media are a key tool to connect girls with feminism and with other feminists in local and global contexts.

'Der vorliegende Artikel diskutiert die Einflüsse von Black Feminism auf feministische Theoriebildung. Unter Black Feminism wird im Folgenden afrikanisch-amerikanischer Feminismus verstanden, wobei dessen Hauptkritik an 'weißer' feministischer Forschungspraxis an deren unreflektierter Ausgrenzung und Dominanz ansetzt. Dabei geht es den Black Feminists vor allem um die Vernachlässigung von Differenzen zwischen Frauen. Ihre Kritik führte seit Mitte der 80er-Jahre dazu, dass innerhalb feministischer Theoriebildung die Kategorie Geschlecht um die Kategorien Ethnizität, Klasse, Sexualität, u.a. erweitert werden musste. Die Debatte in der feministischen Wissenschaft bewegte sich damit über die Geschlechterdualität hinaus hin zu einer Diskussion um die Differenzen zwischen Frauen. Damit steht sie allerdings vor neuen, beinahe unlösbaren Problemen: Wenn nicht mehr von einem gemeinsamen Kollektiv 'Wir Frauen' die Rede sein kann, ist die 'Geschäftsgrundlage' des Feminismus gefährdet. Es werden entsprechende aktuelle Debatten, Strategien und Vorschläge innerhalb der amerikanischen feministischen Theoriebildung vorgestellt.' (Autorenreferat)

Abstract
This article analyzes the entanglements of feminist commodity activism and state feminism. Feminist commodity activism refers to consumption and commodified communication as modes of feminist political participation. Earlier research on these topics has focused on the business sector and on media and popular culture, largely sidelining the state as a site of feminism. This article addresses the increasingly close relations between consumerism and state politics and asks how feminist commodity activism interacts with state feminism. It draws on two empirical cases in the Nordic welfare state of Finland. The first is Uhana Design, a small-scale fashion business, and its Girl Gang campaign that leans on state feminism. The second is Finland's former leading female politicians' engagements with feminist fashion. By analyzing these cases via three theoretical lenses, business, popular, and state feminism, this article develops the notion of commodified state feminism, paying attention to economic, cultural, and political dimensions of feminist commodity activism and state feminism. It also argues that commodified state feminism is emblematic of the current political context, in which the boundaries between market and politics have become blurred.

DURING HER THIRTY YEARS AS AN ANARCHIST AGITATOR, UNION ORGANIZER, FREE SPEECH ACTIVIST, AND BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATE, THE NOTORIOUS EMMA GOLDMAN WAS FEARED AS A PROMOTER OF VIOLENCE, FREE LOVE, AND ANARCHY. THIS OUTSPOKEN ENEMY OF CAPITALISM, THE STATE, AND THE FAMILY WAS ARRESTED SO OFTEN THAT SHE NEVER SPOKE IN PUBLIC WITHOUT MAKING ALONG A BOOK TO READ IN JAIL. THIS ARTICLE IS AN ACCOUNT OF HER LIFE AND BELIEFS.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- AKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part 1 Gendering Colonialism and Postcolonialism/Racialising Feminism -- 1.1 'THE MASTER'S TOOLS WILL NEVER DISMANTLE THE MASTER'S HOUSE' -- 1.2 'NOTES TOWARD A POLITICS OF LOCATION' -- 1.3 'THE USES OF FUNDAMENTALISM' -- 1.4 'UN ER WESTERN EYES: FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP AND COLONIAL DISCOURSES' -- 1.5 'US THIRD-WORLD FEMINISM: THE THEORY AND METHOD OPPOSITIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE POSTMODERN WORLD' -- Part 2 Rethinking Whiteness -- 2.1 'TO MAKE THE FACTS KNOWN: RACIAL TERROR AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHITE FEMININITY' -- 2.2 'IROQUOIS WOMEN, EUROPEAN WOMEN' -- 2.3 'WHITE WOMEN AND COLONIALISM TOWARDS A NON-RECUPERATIVE HISTORY' -- 2.4 'I'M A FEMINIST BUT ... "OTHER" WOMEN AND POSTNATIONAL FEMINISM' -- 2.5 'THE OPPOSITIONAL GAZE: BLACK FEMALE SPECTATORS' -- 2.6 '"ON THE THRESHOLD OF WOMAN'S ERA": LYNCHING, EMPIRE AND SEXUALITY IN BLACK FEMINIST THEORY' -- Part 3 Redefining the 'Third-World' Subject -- 3.1 'DEAD WOMEN TELL N TALES: ISSUES OF FEMALE SUBJECTIVITY, SUBALTERN AGENCY AND TRAD ON IN COLON AND POSTCOLONIAL WRITINGS ON WIDOW IMMOLATION IN INDIA' -- 3.2 'END OF EMPIRE: ISLAM, NATIONALISM AND WOMEN IN TURKEY' -- 3.3 'HOW NATIVE IS A "NATIVE" ANTHROPOLOGIST?' -- 3.4 'THREE WOMEN'S TEXTS AND A CRITIQUE OF IMPERIALISM' -- 3.5 'WHERE HAVE All THE NATIVES GONE?' -- Part 4 SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL RIGHTS -- 4.1 'RACISM, BIRTH CONTROL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS' -- 4.2 'FEMINISMS AND UNIVERSALISM "UNIVERSAL RIGHTS" AND THE LEGAL DEBATE AROUND THE PRACTICE OF FEMALE EXCISION IN FRANCE' -- 4.3 'STATE VERSUS ISLAM: MALAY FAMILIES, WOMEN'S BODIES AND THE BODY POLITIC IN MALAYSIA' -- 4.4 'DEBT-BONDAGE AND TRAFFICKING: DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE' -- 4.5 RECONFIGURING HIERARCHIES: THE ILBERT BILL CONTROVERSY, 1883-84 -- 4.6 'VACATION CRUISES; OR, THE HOMOEROTICS OF ORIENTALISM' -- Part 5 Harem and the Veil -- 5.1 'THE MEANING OF SPATIAL BOUNDARIES' -- 5.2 'THE SEEN, THE UNSEEN AND THE IMAGINED: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIVES' -- 5.3 'ON VEILING, VISION AND VOYAGE: CROSS-CULTURAL DRESSING AND NARRATIVES OF IDENTITY' -- 5.4 'VEILED FANTASIES: CULTURAL AND SEXUAL DIFFERENCE IN THE DISCOURSE OF ORIENTALISM' -- 5.5 'UNVEILING ALGERIA' -- 5.6 'VEILING RESISTANCE' -- Part 6 Gender and post/colonial spatial relations -- 6.1 'DIASPORA, BORDER AND TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITIES' -- 6.2 'IMPERIAL LEATHER: RACE, CROSSDRESSING AND THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY' -- 6.3 'EARTH HONORING: WESTERN DESIRES AND INDIGENIOUS KNOWLEDGES' -- 6.4 'GENDER AND COLONIAL SPACE' -- 6.5 SPATIAL STORIES UNDER WOMEN WRITING FROM LUCKNOW IN 1857' -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

A feminist turn in philosophy -- Oppression and resistance -- Sex and gender -- Sexualities -- Race and racism -- Postcolonial and transnational feminisms -- Feminist ethical theory -- Feminist political philosophies -- Feminist epistemologies -- Feminist ontologies